A commander was among 26 Taliban insurgents killed during an operation in southern Helmand province, where 300 kilograms of opium was also seized, officials said on Thursday. The governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces…
LASHKARGAH/KABUL to the province. Foreign news agencies have quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying the Taliban’s Quetta Shura from Pakistan after a decade. But the Helmand governor said foreign intelligence agencies had long been trying to move the Taliban leadership…
Afghan forces and Taliban militants clashed overnight in the capital of southern Helmand province, with each side claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, told…
Thirty-two people, including 28 security personnel, have been released from Taliban’s captivity in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Wednesday. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News, commando unit personnel launched an…
Fourteen Taliban militants were killed and seven others wounded during clashes with security forces in different parts of the southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. Governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News the clashes took…
A fresh bout of violence has left at least 10 Taliban militants and five police dead and another five militants wounded in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday. Col. Asadullah Shajae, the provincial deputy police…
Ninety Taliban militants, including nine notorious commanders, have been killed and several others wounded during a week of clashes with security forces in different parts of southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Wali Ahmadzai, 215th…
Some officials and residents of southern Helmand province on Monday accused the education minister of having double-standards in the education system. The accusation was made at a gathering organized by some civil society activists and provincial council members…
A senior army official has either been killed or wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in southern Helmand province, some security sources said on Monday. The 215th Maiwand Military Corps 3rd Brigade’s 5th Battalion chief of staff,…
Growers in the lawless southern province of Helmand say they harvest two additional opium harvests annually, a possible reason for the increase in the production of the illegal substance. Afghanistan’s opium production rose by 43 per cent to…
The governor of southern Helmand province said on Sunday they were currently busy strengthening security in the provincial capital Lashkargah and would implement effective plans in winter against militants. Hayatullah Hayat told a press conference here that 1500…
Officials on Monday said 34 Taliban militants have been killed during latest clashes with security forces in southern Helmand province. As part of newly launched operations in Helmand, six civilians were freed from a Taliban-run jail in Greshk…
Taliban militants have filmed a suicide attack in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province on a drone camera they received from a foreing spy network, the governor’s office claimed on Sunday. Aided by foreign intelligence agencies, the…
A new major operation has been launched against insurgents in southern Helmand province, a military official said on Thursday. Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai, the 215 Maiwand Military Corps commander in Helmand, and Bost Zone police commander Brig.…
President special envoy for security in Helmand Abdul Jabar Qahraman on Tuesday said the Taliban had been unable to reach their targets in the southern province despite the conflict was planned on regional level. Addressing a gathering at…
At least 130 Taliban insurgents, including dreaded commanders, have been killed and many others injured during a recently launched operation by Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province, the military said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference…
Local officials on Saturday said ground and air operations have been launched in areas around the capital of southern Helmand province. They claimed the insurgents suffered heavy casualties as a result of the operations. Helmand Governor Hayatullah Hayat…
The provincial council (PC) on Thursday said the provincial military council had declared a state of emergency in southern Helmand province due escalating clashes between security forces and Taliban militants. Clashes between the two sides have been ongoing…
More than two dozen militants have been killed in air raids in different parts of southern Helmand province, local officials said on Friday. Thirteen Taliban, including Commander Omari, were killed in an overnight airstrike by Afghan forces in…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday said more than 100 people had been freed from Taliban-run prisons in three districts of southern Helmand province, a claim the rebels rejected. The MoD in a statement said Special Security…
Seventeen people, including women and children, have been killed in a traffic accident in southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. The mishap occurred on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in the Mirza area of Greshk district on Sunday…
The governor of southern Helmand on Saturday said security forces vacated 150 posts to Taliban militants without any resistance after some powerful individuals asked them to do so. Hayatullah Hayat, at a meeting with tribal elders, said most…
An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander and three girls have been killed in separate incidents in southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday. The governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News ALP commanderSultan Mohammad was killed and…
Taliban insurgents killed five Afghan Local Police (ALP) members during an overnight attack on their post in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Friday. The attack took place on Thursday night in Nawroz…
